That speech was the reason I started to watch the show and then the Daily Show. Since I don't have cable I don't get Comedy Central. Even if I did have cable, I wouldn't get the US Comedy Central since I live in in the NL So now I have a daily ritual of watching TDS and TCR online the day after it aired:)
One of the best things of the Daily Show imho is that they call the politicians on their stupidity and hypocrisy (sp?) every time they do something they said they wouldn't. Colbert is just fantastically funny, his book is funny, the Tek Jansen DVD is funny. I just love the guy:)
Top Ten Reasons To Work An Overtime Shift On The Weekend 10. Think of all the weight you'll lose from not getting to eat because of short staffing. 9. Think of the closeness you'll develop with you're co-workers after being knee-deep in Code 10's/Blues and Code "Browns". 8. Everyone is so frazzled, so next to them you look fabulous! 7. Think of what a challenge it will be to your nursing skills to run a Code without a Crash Cart because they are all down in Central being replaced. 6. The joy of having the previous shift's charge nurse tell you, " I don't understand why no one would return my calls to work today/tonight. Oh, and by the way, you are short two nurses and a CNA for this shift with a full house of patients sick as dog dirt." 5. Because you're a new grad and you want to be a "TEAM PLAYER" like your head nurse told you to be. (That and you have "sucker" stamped on your forehead!) 4. When you go home with your back aching from not having any nursing assistants who work weekends and your feet aching from running your butt off for "emergency procedures" (like the gas pain your patient has had for a week that is suddenly unbearable) you'll know that you really ARE a caregiver. 3. Think of all the computer skills you'll gain from putting in your own orders and ordering supplies from Central. (That can go on your resume' as...."Know how to operate multiple outdated computer models.") 2. You don't have time to adequately chart so you may get to learn how our judicial system works. On the bright side, your handwriting will be so bad that it can say whatever you want it to say! 1. Think of what a GREAT "Learning Experience" this will be.
Translation: You just got shafted!! (but now in a more readable form;) )
No problem at all, just wasn't sure, I have taken no offense:)
I know those kinds of IT people, fortunately we don't have those at the moment. We just have a board of directors whom do not listen at all, but that's a different problem all together:)
We've been buying mostly HP desktops, most of them are the same per series. That's the uniformity we desire and they deliver quite succesfully so far. We get them at a fair price as well.
Since we know these machines and their quirks, it also takes less time to support them and to fix them. Multicasting a ghost image to them is also a timesaver, I don't know if there is such an easy solution for the Apple machines and if there is, if we would have to invest in more hardware for that as well.
One question about your FUD sentence, was that aimed at me? Because I don't see anything in my response that would suggest any FUD or political bias. I have repaired Macs in the past and like them a lot, especially since OSX was released.
It wouldn't be approved where I work unless there was a good reason to buy that machine like software that wouldn't work on a PC. One main reason is uniformity in soft and hardware and the support that goes with it.
Heh I bought Vista Ultimate with my educational discount (working in a school has its advantages) I only Payed about 18 euros for it, so for me it's worth every euro.
I was tired of all the hoops I had to go through to get windows running and keeping it updated, so at a good price, I went legal.
Heh, I had one of our employees trying to put a cd in the drive. Thing is, it was a slot drive cd-player and he missed the slot. He put the disc in the slit between the drive and the 5.25" faceplate under it. I used a high tech solution to prevent him from doing it again, scotch tape:)
Heh Gamecube, PS2, Dreamcast, Xbox360 and in a few months a free PS3 (new mobile phone subscription with a PS3 instead of a phone) and a PC with Vista on which I game a lot.
And if playing on all those consoles makes me a kid, thank god for that. Kids have more fun anyway:)
One thing is funny though. Many years ago there was all this hubbub in the news about nitrates in washing powder. They removed all of them and a while after that, I saw a report on plants dying because of lack of nitrates.
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The only thing the republicans of then share with the republicans of now is the name.
That speech was the reason I started to watch the show and then the Daily Show. :)
Since I don't have cable I don't get Comedy Central.
Even if I did have cable, I wouldn't get the US Comedy Central since I live in in the NL
So now I have a daily ritual of watching TDS and TCR online the day after it aired
One of the best things of the Daily Show imho is that they call the politicians on their stupidity and hypocrisy (sp?) every time they do something they said they wouldn't. :)
Colbert is just fantastically funny, his book is funny, the Tek Jansen DVD is funny. I just love the guy
Top Ten Reasons To Work An Overtime Shift On The Weekend
10. Think of all the weight you'll lose from not getting to eat because of short staffing.
9. Think of the closeness you'll develop with you're co-workers after being knee-deep in Code 10's/Blues and Code "Browns".
8. Everyone is so frazzled, so next to them you look fabulous!
7. Think of what a challenge it will be to your nursing skills to run a Code without a Crash Cart because they are all down in Central being replaced.
6. The joy of having the previous shift's charge nurse tell you, " I don't understand why no one would return my calls to work today/tonight. Oh, and by the way, you are short two nurses and a CNA for this shift with a full house of patients sick as dog dirt."
5. Because you're a new grad and you want to be a "TEAM PLAYER" like your head nurse told you to be. (That and you have "sucker" stamped on your forehead!)
4. When you go home with your back aching from not having any nursing assistants who work weekends and your feet aching from running your butt off for "emergency procedures" (like the gas pain your patient has had for a week that is suddenly unbearable) you'll know that you really ARE a caregiver.
3. Think of all the computer skills you'll gain from putting in your own orders and ordering supplies from Central. (That can go on your resume' as...."Know how to operate multiple outdated computer models.")
2. You don't have time to adequately chart so you may get to learn how our judicial system works. On the bright side, your handwriting will be so bad that it can say whatever you want it to say!
1. Think of what a GREAT "Learning Experience" this will be.
Translation: You just got shafted!! (but now in a more readable form ;) )
Haven't watched it, but I did get it ;)
Just wait for the mod to be able to kill kids and that could be the next Hot Coffee (Radioactive version in this case)
My brother's ex-gf told him after the last election that she voted for Bush because Kerry had connections with France.
She was oblivious that the Bush family had connections with the Bin Laden family, but ok??
Gagh that kid has more balls than any asshole who commented on that video.
No problem at all, just wasn't sure, I have taken no offense :)
I know those kinds of IT people, fortunately we don't have those at the moment. :)
We just have a board of directors whom do not listen at all, but that's a different problem all together
We've been buying mostly HP desktops, most of them are the same per series. That's the uniformity we desire and they deliver quite succesfully so far.
We get them at a fair price as well.
Since we know these machines and their quirks, it also takes less time to support them and to fix them.
Multicasting a ghost image to them is also a timesaver, I don't know if there is such an easy solution for the Apple machines and if there is, if we would have to invest in more hardware for that as well.
One question about your FUD sentence, was that aimed at me? Because I don't see anything in my response that would suggest any FUD or political bias. I have repaired Macs in the past and like them a lot, especially since OSX was released.
Because the PS2 is cheaper and already has a huge library of games (a lot of them good)?
Same here.
It wouldn't be approved where I work unless there was a good reason to buy that machine like software that wouldn't work on a PC.
One main reason is uniformity in soft and hardware and the support that goes with it.
Heh I bought Vista Ultimate with my educational discount (working in a school has its advantages)
I only Payed about 18 euros for it, so for me it's worth every euro.
I was tired of all the hoops I had to go through to get windows running and keeping it updated, so at a good price, I went legal.
Same price for Office '07 as well.
Heh, I had one of our employees trying to put a cd in the drive. :)
Thing is, it was a slot drive cd-player and he missed the slot. He put the disc in the slit between the drive and the 5.25" faceplate under it.
I used a high tech solution to prevent him from doing it again, scotch tape
Some of them, sure.
Most of them though are enthusiasts for their hobby.
Heh
Gamecube, PS2, Dreamcast, Xbox360 and in a few months a free PS3 (new mobile phone subscription with a PS3 instead of a phone) and a PC with Vista on which I game a lot.
And if playing on all those consoles makes me a kid, thank god for that. Kids have more fun anyway :)
If it's good enough for Killbots, it's good enough for Linux :)
So full of bad sectors eh? ;)
According to Colbert, they prefer to be called Ignorant-Americans :)
and lie about it :)
But it would work as proof in a lawsuit.
Ok instead of signing an NDA, how about letting them sign something that says
"On this date I saw this bla bla idea about more bla bla"
That way, they can talk about it, but if they steal your idea, you have evidence that they saw it :)
That was a damn tragedy which still makes me sad.
One thing is funny though.
Many years ago there was all this hubbub in the news about nitrates in washing powder.
They removed all of them and a while after that, I saw a report on plants dying because of lack of nitrates.
Ok I am ready to rule you insensitive clods ;)